OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner Review and Giveaway

Today I get to talk about a product from one of my favorite brands, OXO! I love OXO products because they are well made, easy to use and innovative. The whole goal at OXO is to identify problems in existing kitchen products and improve upon comfort and performance. OXO definitely makes kitchen gadgets stylish, effective and fun.

OXO shipped me a Good Grips Salad Spinner in a pretty green color. I immediately knew this would be an easy review because I already have one of the white ones and use it all the time. I’ve had my white one for almost 7 years, so I can definitely vouch for durability. Before I got my OXO I had one of those little crank around spinners that was too small and difficult to use. OXO came along and changed my salad spinner world by providing the following:

Easy, one-handed operation

Patented pump mechanism and brake button

Clear lid lets you see inside and comes apart for easy cleaning

Non-slip ring keeps bowl steady on countertop

Basket and non-slip bowl can be used separately

Bowl capacity is 6.22 qts; basket capacity is 4.95 qts

Top-rack dishwasher safe

BPA free

So why use a salad spinner? Well, besides the convenience of being able to wash and dry your lettuce quickly, it also helps to keep it fresh a bit longer because it gets completely dry. You just tear up the lettuce, put it in the spinner basket, wash real good (I use a little vinegar) and spin it until all of the water is extracted. I like to put my extra washed lettuce in ziplock bags and it lasts all week that way. You aren’t just limited to drying lettuce with it either. I use mine for cut radishes, cucumbers and all sorts of other products. I’ve even heard stories about people using their salad spinners to wash and dry pantyhose!

To enhance my review I asked the nice people at Taste of Home (you’ve heard me praise them before) if I could provide you with my favorite salad recipe there and give you a first hand view of how I use my salad spinner. Give this Mediterranean Salad recipe a try – you will love it!

Ingredients

18 cups torn romaine (about 2 large bunches)

1 medium cucumber, sliced

1 cup crumbled feta cheese

1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered

1 small red onion, thinly sliced

1/2 cup julienned roasted sweet red peppers

1/2 cup pitted Greek olives, halved

Dressing:

2/3 cup olive oil

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1 garlic clove, minced

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

First wash your romaine lettuce and dry in the spinner. Put the dry lettuce in a large salad bowl.

Wash and spin the little tomatoes and then quarter them up. After that I add all of the other wet ingredients (olives, peppers and cut cucumber) and spin it all together. You do not have to do this step, but I find it keeps the salad from being too wet. Add these ingredients to your dry salad along with the onions and feta cheese. Now get out a small bowl and whisk up all of the dressing ingredients. Drizzle the dressing over the top of the salad and you are done! This recipe makes about 28 (3/4 cup) servings.

And now for the really fun part… The nice people at OXO want to share another of these salad spinners with one of my readers. There will be a total of 8 entry methods to win this giveaway and I’ll draw and email the winner on Friday, April 6th. The winner will need to respond within 48 hours or an alternate will be drawn. Please be sure to comment or send me an email if you find anything that doesn’t work properly. I can’t fix it if I don’t know about it. Good luck everyone!

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I have OXO strainers for my sink, and I love them. As for the salad spinner, I really need a new one. Mine really doesn’t work right anymore. I’m trying to eat healthier, so I buy lots of fresh romaine, red lettuce, etc. that need washing before you eat them.